Hypericum spp.
A versatile group of low spreading shrubs and ground cover types that knit together into mounding, weed-suppressing cover, with mature size varying by species from roughly 1 to 3 feet tall and spreading wider. Most perform in full sun to part shade and are adaptable and drought tolerant once established in well-drained soils with moderate water. Bright golden-yellow flowers with prominent showy stamens appear through summer above clean green foliage. Useful for mass plantings on slopes and banks for erosion control, as a durable ground cover under high branching trees, and in borders and parking strip plantings.